Columbia Gorge Community College: Faculty & Salaries

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Columbia Gorge Community College we provide you with information about faculty structure, salaries, and class sizes, as well as comparisons to competing and nearby colleges.

Faculty Compensation and Workload

AverageFaculty Salary

$69,000

As a rule, well-compensated instructors are better motivated and have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching; therefore, we consider faculty compensation to be an important factor for evaluating education quality.

Monthly faculty salaries at Columbia Gorge Community College vary approximately from $5,000 to $6,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $69,000 a year, which is 22% lower than Oregon average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $5,484 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $6,023 a month.

Faculty Rank

School Average

OR Average

Difference

Instructor

$69,048

$70,778

-2%

Annual Faculty Wages

Students to Faculty Ratios

Students toFaculty Ratio

15 : 1

Columbia Gorge Community College has a pretty decent, 15:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios typically imply smaller class size, more attention to students, better quality of education, and higher satisfaction both for students and instructors. High ratios are usually a sign of the opposite.

Use the charts above to compare faculty compensation and workload at Columbia Gorge Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Columbia Gorge Community College includes 16 instructors - 8 men and 8 women:

Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is usually assigned by the college itself.

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